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Amer­ica’s first Memorial Day | House Divided

On a Race­course, Freed Slaves Gave Thanks to Fallen Sol­diers

Posted in: News By House Divided on June 1, 2022

Memorial Day is a day set aside each year to remem­ber and honor this nation’s war dead. A day Amer­ic­ans recog­nize the liber­ties we enjoy were pur­chased at a steep price. A day we remem­ber free­dom isn’t free. A day to remind ourselves that long before there were red states and blue states there were free states.

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